I didn't realize that W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh story was never published until seeing the segment about his time with Magnum on The Genius of Photography. I guess it's because I have seen pictures from the project over the years. I fully realize my project is nowhere near the magnitude or quality of his wonderful obsession. The thing that got me was that he made thousands of pictures over several years under the illusion that he was changing the world with his chronicle of the city. I'm still chipping away but will probably keep at this little strip of coastal Maputo. I've been trying to show the encroachment of urban life on the Marginal, concentrating on the beach erosion and seawalls.
I didn't realize that W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh story was never published until seeing the segment about his time with Magnum on The Genius of Photography. I guess it's because I have seen pictures from the project over the years. I fully realize my project is nowhere near the magnitude or quality of his wonderful obsession. The thing that got me was that he made thousands of pictures over several years under the illusion that he was changing the world with his chronicle of the city. I'm still chipping away but will probably keep at this little strip of coastal Maputo. I've been trying to show the encroachment of urban life on the Marginal, concentrating on the beach erosion and seawalls.
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